As the summer looms, we continue our journey through Gregg Popovich’s coaching tree. The first year that Gregg Popovich coached the San Antonio Spurs (after firing Bob Hill) he had Hank Egan by his side. This was not the first time the two men worked together on the hardwood.
Although Egan played basketball for the Navy in the late 1950s, he got his start in coaching as an assistant coach at the U. S. Air Force Academy from 1966-1971. Coincidentally, Pop played for the Air Force from 1966-1970.
In 1971, Hank was promoted to head coach and stayed in that role until 1984.